Is There a Link Between Obesity and Asthma?

Adiponectin and Functional Adiponectin Receptor 1 Are Expressed by Airway Epithelial Cells in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2014) M. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Elevated Sputum Interleukin-5 and Submucosal Eosinophilia in Obese Individuals with Severe Asthma

(2013) Dhananjay Desai et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Body Mass Index Is a Stronger Predictor than the Metabolic Syndrome for Future Asthma in Women. The Longitudinal CARDIA Study

(2013) Nour Assad et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Airway and systemic inflammation in obese children with asthma

(2013) Megan E. Jensen et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Adiponectin attenuates human eosinophil adhesion and chemotaxis: implications in allergic inflammation

(2013) Rie Yamamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF ASTHMA

Innate lymphoid type 2 cells sustain visceral adipose tissue eosinophils and alternatively activated macrophages

(2013) Ari B. Molofsky et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Obesity increases eosinophil activity in asthmatic children and adolescents

(2013) Milena Baptistella Grotta et al.   BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Obesity in asthma: more neutrophilic inflammation as a possible explanation for a reduced treatment response

(2012) E. D. Telenga et al.   ALLERGY

Alveolar Macrophages from Overweight/Obese Subjects with Asthma Demonstrate a Proinflammatory Phenotype

(2012) Njira L. Lugogo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Obesity and Asthma

(2012) Olga Sideleva et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Exploring the obesity-asthma link: do all types of adiposity increase the risk of asthma?

(2012) R. V. Fenger et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

Obesity impairs apoptotic cell clearance in asthma

(2012) Ruby Fernandez-Boyanapalli et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Reduction in the Leptin Concentration as a Predictor of Improvement in Lung Function in Obese Adolescents

(2012) Patrícia Leão da Silva et al.   Obesity Facts

Gender difference of childhood overweight and obesity in predicting the risk of incident asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2012) Y. C. Chen et al.   Obesity Reviews

Serum leptin and adiponectin levels correlate with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in children with asthma

(2011) Hey-Sung Baek et al.   ANNALS OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY

Airway inflammation is augmented by obesity and fatty acids in asthma

(2011) H. A. Scott et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Leptin Has a Priming Effect on Eotaxin-Induced Human Eosinophil Chemotaxis

(2011) Hikari Kato et al.   INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Inflammatory links between obesity and metabolic disease

(2011) Carey N. Lumeng et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Adipokine resistin predicts anti-inflammatory effect of glucocorticoids in asthma

(2011) Sirpa Leivo-Korpela et al.   Journal of Inflammation-London

Eosinophils Sustain Adipose Alternatively Activated Macrophages Associated with Glucose Homeostasis

(2011) D. Wu et al.   SCIENCE

Obesity enhances eosinophilic inflammation in a murine model of allergic asthma

(2010) MC Calixto et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Effect of increased body mass index on asthma risk, impairment and response to asthma controller therapy in African Americans

(2010) Carlos A. Camargo et al.   CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION

Body mass index is associated with leukotriene inflammation in asthmatics

(2010) Paschalina Giouleka et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Body composition phenotypes in pathways to obesity and the metabolic syndrome

(2010) A G Dulloo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Asthma control, adiposity, and adipokines among inner-city adolescents

(2010) Meyer Kattan et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Adiponectin Deficiency Increases Allergic Airway Inflammation and Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling

(2009) Benjamin D. Medoff et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

High-fat feeding redirects cytokine responses and decreases allergic airway eosinophilia

(2009) A. de Vries et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

Body mass index and phenotype in subjects with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma

(2009) E. Rand Sutherland et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Leptin and leptin receptor expression in asthma

(2009) Andreina Bruno et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Airway inflammation in obese and nonobese patients with difficult-to-treat asthma

(2008) I. H. van Veen et al.   ALLERGY

The Association between Obesity and Asthma

(2008) Tim J. T. Sutherland et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Body Mass and Glucocorticoid Response in Asthma

(2008) E. Rand Sutherland et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Obesity and Asthma

(2008) Andréa Lessard et al.   CHEST

Corticosteroid-resistant asthma is associated with classical antimicrobial activation of airway macrophages

(2008) Elena Goleva et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

The relationship between obesity and asthma severity and control in adults

(2008) David M. Mosen et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Physiological, Pharmacological, and Nutritional Regulation of Circulating Adiponectin Concentrations in Humans

(2008) Michael M. Swarbrick et al.   Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Associations of adipokines with asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis, and eczema in German schoolchildren

(2008) Gabriele Nagel et al.   PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Enhanced pulmonary leptin expression in patients with severe COPD and asymptomatic smokers

(2008) J H J Vernooy et al.   THORAX